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South Beach

South Beach from directly overhead

South Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Reyes Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.08907, -122.97224

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 58
Artworks: 49
Nature reserves: 39
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Cypress Tree Tunnel: 1.5 mi
  • Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 6.6 mi
  • Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 6.9 mi
  • Kule Loklo: 9.7 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 13
  • TRACEN Community Gardens: 14.7 mi
  • Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 17.7 mi
  • San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • McNear Community Gardens: 20.5 mi
Museums: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • Alamere Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 17.7 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.4 mi
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Keyhole: 11.3 mi
  • Temple: 11.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of South Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakESE784 m24.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakESE778 m23.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakESE744 m23.7 mi
Ballou PointESE612 m22.6 mi
Twin KnollsESE597 m21.9 mi
Big Rock RidgeE575 m20.1 mi
Pine MountainESE543 m19.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointESE527 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:5019:5920:39
September equinox07:0018:3619:10
December solstice07:2516:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505151525355575758565350
Precip in5.36.03.92.21.20.50.10.10.21.82.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodega 6 WSW, 17 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Inverness, Tomales Bay, CA, 6 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/274178176

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